Henri Streicher
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Mgr. Henri Streicher C.B.E. |
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| Vicar Apostolic of Uganda (ex-Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Victoria Nyanza) | |
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| Appointed | 1 February 1897 |
| Term ended | 2 June 1933 |
| Predecessor | Antonin Guillermain |
| Successor | Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud |
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| Ordination | 23 September 1887 |
| Consecration | 15 August 1897 by Bishop John Joseph Hirth |
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| Born |
29 July 1863 Wasselonne, France |
| Died | 7 July 1952 (aged 88) Villa Maria, north of Masaka, Uganda |
| Nationality | French |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Profession | Missionary Bishop |
Henri Streicher, C.B.E. (29 July 1863 – 7 June 1952) was a Roman Catholic missionary bishop who served as Vicar Apostolic of Uganda from 1897 to 1933.
Henri Streicher was born on 29 July 1863 in Wasselonne, France. On 23 September 1887 he was ordained a Priest of the White Fathers (Society of the Missionaries of Africa). For two years he taught Church History and Bible at the Greek Melchite Seminary in Jerusalem. After that he taught Systematic Theology at the White Fathers "scholasticate" at Carthage for a year.
In 1890 Streicher was appointed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria Nyanza led by Bishop John Joseph Hirth, which he reached in 1891. He was assigned to Buddu in the south of the Buganda kingdom. In 1892 there was a civil war in Uganda, during which the supporters of the Catholics had to move to Buddu. Soon after the fighting ended Streicher established the Villa Maria mission (near Masaka). Victoria Nyanza was divided into three parts in 1894. Hirth took the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Nyanza, the English Mill Hill Missionaries took the eastern part, called the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile, and Bishop Antonin Guillermain took the western part, called the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Nyanza. In 1896 Guillermain died of a Viral hemorrhagic fever. The next year Streicher, acting as head of the Roman Catholic mission since his death, was appointed his successor.
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